org.scala-sbt#sbt;${{sbt.version}}: not found on existing project

Question

I've copied a Play framework Scala project from git and when I launch the command $Play, I got this error:

Getting org.scala-sbt sbt ${{sbt.version}} ...
:: problems summary ::
:::: WARNINGS
            module not found: org.scala-sbt#sbt;${{sbt.version}}

    ==== local: tried

      D:\play-2.1.0\repository\local\org.scala-sbt\sbt\${{sbt.version}}\ivys\ivy.xml

    ==== Maven2 Local: tried

      file://C:\Users\mghesmoune.stage/.m2/repository/org/scala-sbt/sbt/${{sbt.version}}/sbt-${{sbt.version}}.pom

    ==== typesafe-ivy-releases: tried

      http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-sbt/sbt/${{sbt.version}}/ivys/ivy.xml

    ==== Maven Central: tried

      http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/scala-sbt/sbt/${{sbt.version}}/sbt-${{sbt.version}}.pom

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            ::          UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES         ::

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            :: org.scala-sbt#sbt;${{sbt.version}}: not found

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:: USE VERBOSE OR DEBUG MESSAGE LEVEL FOR MORE DETAILS
unresolved dependency: org.scala-sbt#sbt;${{sbt.version}}: not found
Error during sbt execution: Error retrieving required libraries
(see D:\play-2.1.0\framework\.\sbt\boot\update.log for complete log)
Error: Could not retrieve sbt ${{sbt.version}}

I'm using Play-2.1.0, sbt launcher version 0.12.2 (and Windows OS)

How to fix this problem ?

Answer 1

This can happen if you run the play command from a directory that contains an project directory with some SBT settings in it. Try to either remove the project directory (but not the one in your app), or move to another directory to run the command.